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National Call-In Day to Stop Cluster Bombs

Cluster bombs are dangerous, indiscriminate weapons that rain small “bomblets”, many of which don’t explode despite their self-destruct mechanisms. These unexploded bomblets act as landmines, lying in wait for an unknowing civilian to pick them up and cause them to explode. A recent study showed that 98% of casualties from cluster bombs are civilians. You can see the potential hazard in this video by independent photographer John Rodsted in southern Lebanon: